A. In the third
season finale, Episode 12,
"Do You Take Dexter Morgan?"

It's
where Dexter finally married his long-time girlfriend, Rita.

After
being abducted by The Skinner on his wedding day, taken to a warehouse,
and almost murdered, Dexter escapes in time to make it to his wedding (albeit,
with a broken hand), and they are married in an outdoor ceremony.

Q.
What is it actually in real life?

A. A public
park, far from Miami Beach.

Q.
Where can I find it in real life?

A. They shot
the wedding scenes at Burton Chase Park,
at the far west end of Mindanao Way,
in Marina Del Rey, CA.

The official
address is 13650 Mindanao Way.

They filmed
it on the northwest side of the park, near a white, wood gazebo/shelter
atop a small knoll. It would appear that covered the gazebo's white posts
with those purple drapes. And they also added flowers, lace, and built
a small bandstand nearby.

For most of
the shots, the camera is looking north or west.

Burton Chase
is a unique park, insofar as you don't often find a large swatch of green
lawn in the middle of a city marina, overlooking the water and the boat
slips.

Besides the
wedding, they shot two other scenes in Marina Del Rey for the third season:
the scene where Debra & Quinn
bust the Skinner's assistant gardener was shot in this same park, and the
scene with Dexter & Prado shopping at a boating store
was shot just a block away.

[ Above is the
view from inside the white gazebo/shelter, where they filmed the wedding
ceremony, looking out over the park. ]

[ And
this is the actual white gazebo/shelter where they filmed the wedding ceremony.
In the photo above, we are looking east,
in the photo below, we are looking northwest. And the final shot is looking
west/northwest.]

[ Note
the red tile floor, the buildings across the marina, and the trees in the
background - all glimpsed in the scene. ]

A. I'd been
to Burton Chase Park many times, including just a few months previously
to photograph the new location for the police station
in "Dexter". Once you know the place, it's hard to miss. The
buildings across the marina are easy to recognize, as is the park itself.
The only minor challenge was figuring out exactly where in the park they
filmed, and a trip there in person cleared that up.